Blackfeet Tribe to distribute $5.5M as part of oil exploration deal

GREAT FALLS - The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council has approved
using $5.5 million that's part of a reservation oil exploration
deal to buy land, build a grocery store, and give each tribal
member a $200 payment.

Chairman Willie Sharp Jr. says the council approved the plan
late last month.

Sharp says the money is coming from an agreement the tribe in
northwest Montana signed in December with Houston-based Newfield
Production Co. to allow test wells in the middle of the
reservation.

Tribal officials have not released the value of the
agreement.

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But Sharp says the tribe will still have millions left after
spending the $5.5 million.

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